teacher's pet
Example Sentences
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Amerie was "super-outgoing" and a "teacher's pet", she added.
From BBC ● May 25, 2022
Connie is essentially power-hungry teacher’s pet Tracy Flick from “Election,” if she grew up to become an Olympic race-walking champion who has struggled with infertility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2021
“I was the teacher’s pet, and Lance was the funniest guy in the room,” said Hoffman, who played keyboards in the band.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2021
The next morning, Julio Barrosso, the teacher’s pet, was gone from the second-grade classroom.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2019
Five: Twenty years ago, as the senior prank, someone had let the biology teacher’s pet python loose.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
